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  • Fixing Philippines exclusive growth

    Everybody's talking about inclusive growth, but the latest labour and employment data suggest that the breathtaking growth the Philippine economy has been achieving lately--the fastest in all of Asia, in fact--is anything but that. The latest quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS) of the National Statistics Office (NSO) reports that there were actually 21,000 fewer jobs overall last April ...

  • Philippines Taiwan on way to mending relations

    The Philippines and Taiwan are on the way to restoring their good relations after Friday's breakthrough fishery meeting aimed at preventing the recurrence of violent confrontations in overlapping waters, Manila's representative to Taipei said Monday. Representatives of the two countries are meeting again in early July to continue negotiating on fishing operations in their overlapping ...

  • PAGASA TD Emong nears Aurora accelerates slightly rain over NCR to ease

    Tropical Depression Emong accelerated slightly as it now hovered near Aurora province early Tuesday. Meanwhile state weather forecasters said there may be less rain over Metro Manila compared to ...

  • Factbox Power projects in the Philippines

    Philippines' biggest conglomerates have unveiled plans to push into power generation over the next five years, with investments seen reaching $9 billion. Concerns are growing that some of these projects will face delays, hampering the country's ability to drive steady long-term growth after expanding its economy at an annual rate of 7.8 percent in the first quarter, the fastest in ...

  • Cardinal Tagle takes possession of titular church in Rome

    Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle received a warm welcome from his new parishioners over the weekend as he formally took possession of his titular church in Rome, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said ...

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Tout va bien [DVD]

Tout va bien [DVD]

Tout va bien is a sometimes high-minded, sometimes parodic, but always intriguing look at the class struggle in France in the four years since the pivotal events of May 1968. Its cowriters/codirectors, Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin, were founding members of the Dziga Verto ... ...

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  • California Senate honors June 12 and Filipino contributions

    Philippine Consul General Marciano Paynor with California Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett. The Senate officially declared June 12 as Philippine Independence Day. SACRAMENTO- California's State Senate unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-East Bay) Senator Corbett honoring June 12 as Philippine Independence Day. The state Senate ...

  • Power crisis fears unnerve industry in booming Philippines

    By Erik dela Cruz MANILA, June 18 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:00pm EDT MANILA, June 18 (Reuters) - An electricity outage that blacked out large swathes of the Philippines' main island of Luzon for up to eight hours last month has highlighted worries about a potential power crisis that could undermine Asia's fastest-growing economy. Predictions that electricity demand will outstrip ...

  • PAGASA TD Emong hovers near Daet may intensify in next 24 hours

    Many MManila areas flooded due to heavy downpour. Motorists navigate their vehicles in gutter-deep flood along Araneta Avenue in Quezon City after a heavy downpour caused by Tropical Depression Emong on Monday afternoon. Hadji Rieta/GMA News Tropical Depression Emong may intensify in the next 24 hours even as it hovered near Camarines Norte province in Bicol Monday night, state weather ...

  • Defeated Jack Enrile receives spends the most money in 2013 polls

    Defeated senatorial candidate Jack Enrile spent the most money-as well as received the biggest contribution-among senatorial aspirants in the May 13 elections, according to the statements of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) from the Commission on Elections ...

  • Tropical depression Emong causes floods in various parts of country

    PAGASA: 'Habagat', LPA, ITCZ bring rain to various parts of PHL. PAGASA said in its weather bulletin early Sunday morning that the Bicol region, Central and Eastern Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with moderate to occasionally heavy rainshowers and thunderstorms which may trigger flash floods and landslides." PAGASA The monsoon rains brought by Tropical ...

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